Sunday, February 15, 2009

Once upon a time there was a really kick ass punk band out of Boston call The Proletariat. They released a few pretty kick ass records which had obvious Gang of Four influences. Anyways, without further ado, here is their first demo tape available for enjoyment via the interweb miracle known as "free streaming." Check it:

Sunday, February 01, 2009

I'm going through one of my "intellectual radicalism" periods. I think the more I interface with the state, the more radical I'm getting (sort of a reverse course from the norm, I think). Anyways, along with the revamped reading list, I'm digging out the 'ol Crass and Conflict records and whatnot and, damn, it's good times. I thought I'd take the opportunity to do a little roundup of some stuff that has been turning my crank of late:

OneBigTorrent.org:

OneBigTorrent.org is a new place for sharing material that deals with or is relevant to issues of social justice, progressive and radical politics, independent media, ecology. We run a local bittorrent tracker (which we encourage uploaders to use), and we also host torrents from other trackers, as well as ed2K and Magnet links.

There cannot be a formal definition of what content we deem appropriate for upload. If the concepts above don't suit you, browse the index -- you'll get the idea quickly. We typically remove obscure stuff dealing with UFOs, mind-control, secret societies, Black Helicopters and what have you. The net is full of this bs anyway.

A collection of some of the most important counter-culture writings of the last century and a half (or so). Classics from the likes of Bakunin, Proudhoun, Kropotkin, et al. Also includes contemporary thinkers like Chomsky and Zinn as well as stray texts, images, website rips and works on the thinkers at hand. Essential reading.

Noam Chomsky has always been one of the best contemporary thinkers out there, and a lot of recent audio and video has been circulating about his takes on Obama and the Israel/Palestine conflict. I don't agree with everything he says, but he's always worth a listen and is still providing thoughtful commentary on current events. Impressive.